DOWNTOWN After more than 16 years snipping hair, painting nails and scrubbing faces, a local institution of beauty will close its doors. Fred Segal Beauty — which was founded in 1992 by business partners Michael Baruch and Paul DeArmas — will shut down its hair salon and spa on Saturday, finishing out on a small set of... Read more →

SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD A locally-based humanitarian aid organization is crossing its fingers that its project to treat thousands of malnourished children around the world will receive enough support from credit card holders to come out on top this month. The International Medical Corps. (IMC), which is headquartered in Santa Monica, is... Read more →

COLORADO AVE The announcement last week that advertising giant Rubin Postaer and Associates will move from the Yahoo Center to spacier digs in Playa Vista marks the most recent transplant in a series of companies that have packed their bags and headed south, raising concerns about the price of commercial real estate and lack of space in Santa... Read more →

DOWNTOWN Santa Monica resident David Wright is single and proud of it. And the 65-year-old entrepreneur wants all singles to share his pride and take no shame in checking the “single” box. Wright is the founder of Singular Magazine, a locally-based journal that caters to the growing unmarried community in the Los Angeles area, a... Read more →

SANTA MONICA PIER Amid the zinging of power saws and pounding hammers was an undeniable enthusiasm building within the walls of Heal the Bay’s Santa Monica Pier Aquarium on Monday, an excitement over the anticipated reopening that no construction noise could drown out. Work crews and volunteers are putting the finishing touches on a... Read more →